culver's root

Culver's root

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noun culver's root a tall North American scrophulariaceous plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, having spikes of small white or purple flowers 3
noun culver's root the dried roots of this plant, formerly used as a cathartic and emetic 3
noun culver's root the root of a tall plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, of the figwort family, having spikelike clusters of small, white, tubular flowers, used in medicine as a cathartic and emetic. 1
noun culver's root the plant. 1
noun culver's root The root of the herb Veronicastrum virginicum, used as a cathartic and emetic. 0

before 1710

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1710-20, Americanism; named after Dr. Culver, 17th-18th-century American physician

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